ReviewClinical child and family psychology review2022
A Learning Theory Approach to Attachment Theory: Exploring Clinical Applications.
Review in Clinical child and family psychology review, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Beyond Clicks: A Systematic Review of How Engagement is Defined, Predicted, and Linked to Child Outcomes in Self-directed eHealth Preventive Parenting Programs.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Pooled it
- Conduct Problems and Hair Cortisol Concentrations Decrease in School-Aged Children after VIPP-SD: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Two Twin Cohorts.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Attachment Representation Moderates the Effectiveness of Behavioral Parent Training Techniques for Children with ADHD: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Microtrial.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022Trial
- Maternal posttraumatic stress symptoms, parenting stress, and child psychological and cognitive outcomes among Syrian refugee mother-child dyads in Türkiye: a mixed-methods study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Anatomy of the Relational Reframe in Attachment-Based Family Therapy.Family process · 2026Article
- Parental Rejection, Overprotection and Adolescent Smartphone Addiction: Mediating Role of Sense of Security and Moderating Role of Forgiveness.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Parental leadership in motion: neural and behavioral mechanisms of synchrony during parent-child interaction.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2026Article
- Attachment Classification, Emotion Regulation, and Defense Mechanisms: An Integrative Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Parental Incarceration, Attachment to Caregivers, and Young Children's Physiological Stress.Developmental psychobiology · 2025Article
- Parental Emotion Socialization and Child Adjustment in Greek Families: Supportive vs. Non-Supportive Parenting.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Suicidal Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2024Review
- Examining the association of family environment and children emotional/behavioral difficulties in the relationship between parental anxiety and internet addiction in youth.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Mediation effect of anxious attachment on relationship between childhood trauma and suicidal ideation sensitive to psychological pain levels.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on Physical Activity in Families Managing ADHD and the Cyclical Effect on Worsening Mental Health.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of families dealing with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.PloS one · 2023Article
- Attachment and the Development of Psychopathology: Introduction to the Special Issue.Brain sciences · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Although clinicians typically acknowledge the importance of insecure attachment as one factor that can contribute to children's psychopathology, translating attachment theory into clinical practice has proved a challenge. By specifying some of the mechanisms through which the child's attachment develops and changes, learning theory can enhance attachment based approaches to therapy. Specifically, interventions building on operant (parent management training) and classical (exposure therapy) learning can be used to stimulate new learning that increases the child's security and confidence in the parent's availability and responsiveness. To explore the clinical application and utility of a Learning Theory of Attachment (LTA), we focus on two attachment-focused interventions: Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD) and Middle Childhood Attachment-based Family Therapy (MCAT). VIPP-SD is an evidence-based parent management training designed to promote sensitive parenting and secure attachment in early childhood. MCAT is a recently developed intervention that uses exposure to stimulate secure attachment in middle childhood. LTA sheds light on the mechanisms set in train by VIPP-SD and MCAT facilitating the induction of professionals in clinical applications.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.